| 单词 | barbette |
| 释义 | barbette /bahr bet"/, n. 1. (within a fortification) a platform or mound of earth from which guns may be fired over the parapet instead of through embrasures. 2. Navy. an armored cylinder for protecting the lower part of a turret on a warship. [1765-75; < F, equiv. to barbe BEARD + -ette -ETTE, prob. from the general metaphorical use of barbe for something which protrudes or faces outward] |
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